Loam

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Soil composed of a mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter.
  • n. A mixture of moist clay and sand, and often straw, used especially in making bricks and foundry molds.
  • v. To fill, cover, or coat with loam.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
  • v. To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
  • n. A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.
  • verb-intransitive. To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A soil consisting of a natural mixture of clay and sand, the latter being present in sufficient quantity to overcome the tendency of the clay to form a coherent mass.
  • n. In founding, a mixture of sand, clay, sawdust, straw, etc., used in making the molds for castings. The compound must be plastic when wet, and hard, air-tight, and able to resist high temperatures when dry. Specifically called casting-loam.
  • n. A vessel of clay; an earthen vessel.
  • To cover or coat with loam; clay.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
  • Verb Form
    loamed    loaming    loams   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dirt    soil   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    Form
    loamed    loaming   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Boehme    Guillaume    Home    Jerome    Nome    Ohm    Rome    boehm    chrome    comb   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    peat    compost    gravel    sawdust    leaf-mould    silt    clay    manure    moss    slime